Comments on: My Medications for Diabetes http://joscafe.com/2005/11/10/my-medications-for-diabetes Live, Laugh, Love Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: smith http://joscafe.com/2005/11/10/my-medications-for-diabetes/comment-page-1#comment-2842 smith Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:40:48 +0000 http://joscafe.com/2005/11/10/my-medications-for-diabetes/#comment-2842 thanks alot very good blog thanks alot very good blog

]]> By: JohnDewey http://joscafe.com/2005/11/10/my-medications-for-diabetes/comment-page-1#comment-2321 JohnDewey Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:15:28 +0000 http://joscafe.com/2005/11/10/my-medications-for-diabetes/#comment-2321 I was diagosed Diabetes II in January, 2004. I lost 35 pounds in 3 months to get down to 170. This year I put 10 back on. I'm taking 2000 mg metformin, which I think is generic glucophage. For 15 months I seemed to have my blood sugar under control, averaging about 112 in the morning (fasting) and never exceeding 125. But the past 6 months my blood sugar has creeped up. I average about 125 now, but I've been at 150 to 160 three times this month. I realize that 125 is a long way from where you were, but it's the fluctuation that just scares me. Maybe it's the 10 pounds I gained. Do you know whether it's reasonable to expect diet and glucophage to keep working for me? My first physician said we may have to try something else eventually, but I didn't know if eventually meant 2 years or 15. Damn it, disease is scary, isn't it? But I guess fear is a good motivator. I was diagosed Diabetes II in January, 2004. I lost 35 pounds in 3 months to get down to 170. This year I put 10 back on. I’m taking 2000 mg metformin, which I think is generic glucophage.

For 15 months I seemed to have my blood sugar under control, averaging about 112 in the morning (fasting) and never exceeding 125. But the past 6 months my blood sugar has creeped up. I average about 125 now, but I’ve been at 150 to 160 three times this month.

I realize that 125 is a long way from where you were, but it’s the fluctuation that just scares me. Maybe it’s the 10 pounds I gained.

Do you know whether it’s reasonable to expect diet and glucophage to keep working for me? My first physician said we may have to try something else eventually, but I didn’t know if eventually meant 2 years or 15.

Damn it, disease is scary, isn’t it? But I guess fear is a good motivator.

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